Tana 2014 Discussion Papers

The Impact of Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) on Peace and Security in Africa

Tana 2014

Across the African continent, IFFs have increased threats to human security thus the theme of the impacts of IFFs on security in Africa is timely in light of these current peace and security challenges. Alex Cobham discusses their sources, their implications and leaves room for recommendation.

Tana 2014 Speakers

There were a total of twelve speakers during Tana 2014. Click Read More to launch the list and download their biographies.

Dr. Abdalla Hamdok, Deputy Executive Secretary of the UNECA

Tana 2012

Charles Abugre, Development Economist and currently the Regional Director for Africa at the UN Millennium Campaign based in Nairobi, Kenya

Dr. Kojo Busia, Senior Mineral Sector Governance Advisor at the African Mineral Development Centre of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Prof. Mamadou Diouf, Leitner Family Professor of African Studies and the Director of Columbia University’s Institute for African Studies

Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ekiti state, Nigeria and former Director of the Centre for Democracy & Development, a research and training institution dedicated to the study and promotion of democratic development, peace-building and human security in Africa

Prof. Gilbert Khadiagala, Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations and Head of Department of International Relations at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Dr. Carlos Lopes, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Nuhu Ribadu, Chairman of the Petroleum Revenue Task Force and a former government anti-corruption official in Nigeria

Brian Kagoro, Adviser for the Africa Governance and Public Administration Programme at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

H.E. Anicet G. Dologuele, the former Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, from 1991-2001

Dr Attiya Waris, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Commercial Law of the University of Nairobi, Kenya

Prof. Adebayo Olukoshi, Research Professor of international economic relations and currently the Director of the UN African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP)

Tana 2014 Outcomes

Charles Abugre, Development Economist and currently the Regional Director for Africa at the UN Millennium Campaign based in Nairobi, Kenya

Dr. Kojo Busia, Senior Mineral Sector Governance Advisor at the African Mineral Development Centre of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Prof. Mamadou Diouf, Leitner Family Professor of African Studies and the Director of Columbia University’s Institute for African Studies

Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ekiti state, Nigeria and former Director of the Centre for Democracy & Development, a research and training institution dedicated to the study and promotion of democratic development, peace-building and human security in Africa

Prof. Gilbert Khadiagala, Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations and Head of Department of International Relations at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Tana 2014 Speeches

In his address the Prime Minister of Ethiopia said the transformaton of Africa’s pervasive rent-seeking political economies can be achieved through the creation of people-centered democratic developmental states. Economies must focus on value addition of production as the key driver of business, in turn reducing the motivation behind illicit financial flows (IFFs) and the insecurities emerging from it.

Mr. Lopes defined illicit financial flows (IFFs) conceptually and practically. Highlighting the implications on peace and security on Africa as well as the urgency for multilaterism, through continental bodies such as the African Union (AU), RECs, UNECA and other regional mechanisms, and the establishment of broadly accepted norms.